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Obituary: Funeral services announced for Cleveland restaurateur George Dixon, a former Greater Cleveland RTA board president, owner of the legendary and now defunct Lancer Steakhouse in Cleveland, and a former Cleveland School Board member...By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black and alternative digital news leaders

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George Dixon The legendary Lancer Steakhouse in Cleveland, Ohio during its heyday Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and  independent blog in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital  news site in Ohio.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief. Coleman is a former public school biology teacher and a seasoned Black journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. She is an experienced political and investigative reporter. CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Funeral services have been announced for beloved Cleveland restaurateur George Dixon lll, the owner and operator of the now defunct and legendary Lancer Steakhouse in Cleveland and a former Cleveland School Board member and former president of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees, a post

Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland corrections officer indicted for allegedly raping 3 inmates as activists continue to demand that Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst is investigated by the FBI for documented malfeasance....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black and alternative digital news leader

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  Staff report CLEVELAND, Ohio -Sexual assault of women inmates is on the rise   in the  troubled and inhumane  Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland where some dozen inmates have died since 2018, many of the deaths questionable and still under investigation by authorities, and at least one of them involving the murder of an inmate. Indicted Cuyahoga County Corrections Officer Andre Julius Bacsa Corrections officer Andre Julius Bacsa, who is White and weights at least 300 lbs, was indicted by a county grand jury on three counts of rape, three counts of sexual battery, five counts of kidnapping, one count of sexual imposition and one count of intimidation of a crime victim.  He was arrested on June 29 and is now on administrative leave without pay.  He remains in jail on a $100,000 bond and will be arraigned on July 12. Hired in 2019, prosecutors say Bacsa sexually as

U.S. Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown to cast early vote for herself in the Democratic primary on July 9 in Cleveland at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections along side of supporters....Early voting for the Aug 2 special primary election to replace former congressman Marcia L. Fudge, now the secretary of HUD, began July 7....The general election is Nov. 2....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black and alternative digital news leaders

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U.S. Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County councilwoman and the first Black to lead the county Democratic party Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, OHIO –U.S. Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County councilwoman and the first Black to lead the county Democratic party, will cast her vote for herself at 10 am on Friday, July 9 at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, the third day of early voting in Ohio for the special congressional election. The special primary election for Ohio's 11th congressional district seat, held separately for the Democratic primary and the Republican primary, is Aug 3 with the general election in which the Democratic and Republican winners will square off

Trump sues Facebook, Twitter and Google for alleged free speech violations after the tech giants banned him from their respective social media outlets earlier this year, a lawsuit that seeks class action status....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black and alternative digital news leaders

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Former president Donald Trump    Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,    Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Ex-president Donald Trump, whom current president Joe Biden unseated last November via a contentious presidential election, announced Wednesday that he has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google and their respective CEO's of Mark Zuckerburg, Jack Dorsey, and Sudar Pichai in response to what he says is censorship by the tech giants who banned him from the social media outlets earlier this year.  Facebook banned the former president from posting on its site indefinitely after accusations that he violated its rules by inciting the Jan 6 insurrection at the Capitol that left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer, and Twitter banned him until 2023. Twitter offered the same reason for kicking him to cu

Early voting in Ohio: U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner of Cleveland to cast early vote for herself in the Democratic primary on July 7 in Cleveland at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections along side of elected officials and other supporters....Early voting for the Aug 3 special primary election to replace former congressman Marcia L. Fudge, now the secretary of HUD, begins this week....The general election is Nov. 2....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black and alternative digital news leaders

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  U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner of Cleveland Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, OHIO –U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner, the front-runner among 13 Democratic candidates seeking to replace former congresswoman and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge in Congress representing Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, will cast her vote for herself at 8 am on Wed., July 7 at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, the first day of early voting in Ohio for the special congressional election. The special primary election for Ohio's 11th congressional district seat, held separately for the Democratic primary and the Republican primary, is Aug 3 with the general election

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Mexico-U.S. border as Ohio's governor sends 14 state troopers to the border in spite of crime escalating in Ohio cities like Cleveland and Columbus, Cleveland's mayor joining 27 other big city mayors in sending a letter to President Biden seeking help to deter crime....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and kathywratcolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's leader in black and alternative digital news

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  Vice  President  Kamala Harris, the first woman and first Black vice president of America, and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief WASHINGTON, D.C.- Vice President Kamala Harris, America's first woman and first Black vice president, visited the Mexico-U.S. border nearly two weeks ago, her first trip to the border and one that follows heightened criticism that the vice president was avoiding such a trip in spite of a surge in illegal border crossings and drug trafficking on the southern border and even after her return last month from her first foreign trip as vice president, a three-day visit to Guatemala and Mexico. While the vice president made three stops in El Paso, Texas during her first trip to the Mexico-U.S. border, she did not visit the border wall. She did, however, tour border facilities wit